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Board questions wording of harassment policy in first reading; legal counsel cites statute
Summary
During a first reading of district policy 103 on harassment, board members asked how the policy defines "sufficiently severe, persistent or pervasive" conduct and whether use of a slur would meet that standard; district legal counsel said the language mirrors state statute and that determinations are fact-driven.
Saucon Valley School District board members on Jan. 28 discussed the first reading of Policy 103, the district's anti-harassment policy, raising questions about the policy's threshold language and how investigations would be conducted.
Board member Vivian Demko asked for a clear definition of "sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive," and whether use of…
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